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Postpositions

Postpositions are little words, almost like prepositions, but instead they placed after the word, not in front (hence the name postposition).

Earlier we learned how Finnish uses endings instead of prepositions to express locations (as opposed to, for example to English: "in the house" = "talossa"). There are also numerous postposition you can use to express where something is located.

edessä

in front

takana

behind

päällä

on the top

alla

under

laidalla

on the side

lähellä

near

yli

across

The main word is in genitive with these postpositions (also partive is possible with some others).